by James Hales | Jan 11, 2023 | LP Review, Reviews
Building on their immense success, the Rambos recorded their third and final album for 1971 entitled, “Rambo Reflections”. Produced by Bob MacKenzie, it’s a slightly scaled back studio album with less emphasis on strings and brass than their previous studio album,...
by James Hales | Jan 4, 2023 | LP Review, Reviews
During 1971, the Rambos were busy crisscrossing the country with the Oak Ridge Boys and JD Sumner & the Stamps on the Gospel Festival USA tour performing the play, “The Three Nails”. The cast not only recorded a live recording of the play, but all 3 groups...
by James Hales | Dec 28, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
1971 was a very busy and exciting year for the Rambos. The group released 3 albums that year, and both Dottie and Reba released solo albums as well, so that makes 5 albums released in the course of a year’s time! In addition to their own busy touring schedule and...
by James Hales | Dec 21, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
A huge wave of success was forming for the Rambos, and this album (one song in particular) added tremendous momentum to that success. Dottie had proven herself as a songwriter with such hits and favorites like “He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need”, “When I Lift...
by James Hales | Dec 14, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
Sporting a beautiful picture of the Rambos overlooking a gorgeous valley below, 1969 brought us “This is My Valley”, which was another highly popular and successful album by the group. This album was released with a “gatefold” cover, meaning it opened like a book and...
by James Hales | Dec 7, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
With the huge success of “The Soul Singing Rambos”, it was almost imperative that a new album be released as soon as possible. In fact, they released 3 more albums in 1968; Dottie’s Grammy Award winning solo album, “It’s the Soul of Me”, Reba’s premier solo album, “On...
